Nothing has made me a proud Calgarian more than CJSW, the biggest community radio station in North America! This is where my dream of running my own radio show continues to this day, now in its 20th year!
You know whatelse makes Calgary such a kickass city? All you hard-working performers and promoters that are dedicated to shaping our scenes, and all you fans that continue to support them! It is because of all of YOU, that we have so much diverse events and festivals that we could look forward to, week after week. Everything from gigs at various venues and establishments (whom, by the way, should also deserve our praise!), to some annual events that continue to grow, such as Jazzfest, Bluesfest, Folkfest, Sled Island, Lilac Festival, Pinball and Arcade show, Carifest, Otafest, and of course, NOCTIS and METALFEST!

There’s so many other elements that make Calgary such a great city, and you’ll be able to vote for your favourites, on FFWDWeekly’s “Best of Calgary” poll! The deadline is SUNDAY, MAY 19, and please take your time to vote for your favourites, such as: bars, parks, festivals, RADIO STATION, and *ahem!* … RADIO DJ!

It’ll only take few minutes of your time, and it’s fun! So, click, and vote away!

Now, here’s the recap of last night’s show!

- Nat Kaos

1
Dio – We Rock
Rainbow – Do You Close Your Eyes
Heaven and Hell – Shadow of the Wind

2
Megadeth – Washington Is Next
Dream Evil – Bad Dreams
Ozzy Osbourne – Crucify

3
Reanimator – Back in the Pit
Thy Gate Beyond – My Brain is Dead, Reactivate It’s Too Late
Krokus – Night Wolf

4
Gatekrashor – Blastwave
Enforcer – Mesmerized By Fire
Satan – Pull the Trigger

5
Skull Fist – Sign of the Warrior
Stryker – All the Way
Stryker – We Don’t Play By the Rules

6
Kobra and the Lotus – 50 Shades of Evil
Halford – We Own the Night
Judas Priest – Ram It Down

7
Victimize – Innate Insane
Netheriel – Suffering Servants
Slayer – Altar of Sacrifice/Jesus Saves

8
Immolation – Sinful Nature
Immolation – Breathing the Dark
Immolation – No Jesus, No Beast
Immolation – Nailed to the Gold

9
Ghost B.C. – Secular Haze
Bison B.C. – Slow Hand of Death
Benediction – Artefacted Irreligion

10
Napalm Death – Quarantined
Napalm Death – Strong Arm
Napalm Death – More Than Meet the Eye
Napalm Death – Upward and Uninterested
Napalm Death – Suffer the Children
Napalm Death – Life

11
Cathedral – Cyclops Revolution
Carcass – Death Certificate
Path of Possession – The End of the Hour
Monstrosity – Definitive Inquisition

12
Cannibal Corpse – Demented Aggression
Cannibal Corpse – Carnivorous Swarm
Cannibal Corpse – Submerged in Boiling Flesh
Cannibal Corpse – Severe Head Stoning
Cannibal Corpse – Devoured By Vermin
Cannibal Corpse – Vomit the Soul
Cannibal Corpse – Pick-Axe Murders
Cannibal Corpse – Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains

Closed the Cage with:
Fleetwood Mac – Night Watch

Well, it’s that exciting time of the year again, where FFWDWeekly magazine conducts their annual “Best of Calgary” polls. Categories include: best restaurant, gym, parks, production groups, RADIO STATION (hint! hint!), your favourite RADIO PERSONALITY (double hint hint!), and so on.

Think about what makes this city kick ass (including who’s the BEST RADIO PERSONALITY!), and vote for your favourites on this site: www.ffwdweekly.com/questionnaire/best-of-calgary-2013/

Poll close on May 19, results will be revealed some time in June. And, oh yeah, did I already mention a category for BEST RADIO PERSONALITY? *wink! wink!*

Anyways, now 20 years of bringing the Cage to the masses, and my legions of “caged animals” growing all over the world, being MAD (with passion!) has never been this exciting. And I THANK YOU so much! I promise you more violent, dangerous FUN for more years to come, because that’s the life of the Cagedom, and we embrace it fully!

Also, to all mothers (especially mine) out there, have yourself a rrrrraaagin’ MOTHER’S DAY! Thank you for everything!

- Nat Kaos

1
Testament – The New Order
Dublin Death Patrol – Mind Sewn Shut
Exodus – Only Death Decides
Overkill – Rotten To the Core

2
Victimize – Worse Than Death
Blackest Sin – Betrayal
Netheriel – Edict of Nero
Judas Priest – Painkiller

3
Ghost BC. – Depth of Satan’s Eyes
Rob Zombie – Revelation Revolution
John 5 – Noisemaker’s Fife
Nuclear Assault – Mother’s Day

4
Helloween – Mission: Motherland
Gamma Ray – Mother Earth
Pegazus – Mother Earth

5
Anorexia Nervosa – Mother Anorexia
Angra – Mama (Genesis cover)
Axel Rudi Pell – Rock the Nation
Montrose – Rock the Nation

6
Queensryche – Dare
Queensryche – Revolution Calling
Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime
Queensryche – Eyes Of a Stranger

7
Kobra and the Lotus – Nayana
Hellrazer – The Hunting
Triumph – Magic Power
Rush – What You’re Doing

8
Black Drawing Chalks – Disco Ghosts
White Spirit – Way of the Kings
Iron Maiden – Back in the Village

9
Slayer – Black Serenade
Newsted – Soldierhead
Metallica – Am I Evil?

10
Krisiun – The Extremist
Krisiun – Black Force Domain
Krisiun – Slaying Steel
Krisiun – Sweet Revenge (Motorhead cover)

Closed the Cage with:
The Police – Mother

May you forever reign in blood.

- Nat Kaos

1
Slayer – Reborn
Slayer – Necrophiliac
Slayer – South of Heaven
Slayer – Hell Awaits
Slayer – Anti-Christ

2
Slayer – Snuff
Slayer – Haunting the Chapel
Slayer – God Send Death
Slayer – Fight Til Death
Slayer – Violent Pacification (D.R.I. cover)

3
Slayer – Consfearacy
Slayer – Point
Slayer – Spill the Blood
Slayer – Killing Fields
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss

4
Slayer – Angel of Death
Monstrosity – Angel of Death
Angel Corpse – Kill Again
Pro-pain – South of Heaven
Wolf – Die By the Sword

5
Megadeth – Good Mourning/Black Friday
Metallica – For Whom the Bell Tolls
Anthrax – One Man Stands
Overkill – The Years of Decay

6
Rob Zombie – Behold, the Pretty Filthy Creatures
Holy Grail – Rains of Sorrow
Destruction – Legacy of the Past

7
Saxon – Cut Out the Disease
Avantasia – Black Orchid
Orchid’s Curse – If We’re Divine

8
Kobra and the Lotus – Welcome To My Funeral
Blackest Sin – Brother
Netheriel – Reveries of the Lacerated Flesh
Breed of War – Soul Extinction
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

9
Municipal Waste – Beer Pressure
Tankard – Alcohol
Gama Bomb – Zombi Brew
Superchrist – Still Not Drunk Enough
Cannibal Corpse – Every Bone Broken
Deicide – Til Death Do Us Part

Closed the Cage with:
Tori Amos – Raining Blood

Some days, you just wanna rot your teeth with klondike bars while watching giant robots, or hook-up a game system so you could be a badass zombie-hunter for few hours! Yes, that time of the year is upon us again, where the freaks and geeks unite for an epic weekend of monsters, mutants, spaceships, and GORN!

The action started earlier at midnight, with cageful of tunes related to comics, cartoons, movies, and games. And the monsters were stomping, swords were clanging, hammers were pounding, phasers were phasing, … wherever you were, from one end of a galaxy to another, I thank you for joining me for another never-ending quest for asskicking!

- Nat Kaos

1
Powerglove – Pokemon
The Lions – Transformers
Gama Bomb – Return of the Technodrome
Bonded By Blood – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2
Anvil – Mothra
Blue Oyster Cult – Godzilla
Malevolent Creation – Monster
KISS – Freak

3
Meliah Rage – Bates Motel
Alice Cooper – Man Behind the Mask
Dokken – Dream Warriors
Bruce Dickinson – Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter

4
Anthrax – I Am the Law
Anthrax – ADI: Horror of it All
Motorhead – Hellraiser
Fastway – Trick or Treat

5
Dudes of Wrath – The Shocker
Megadeth – No More Mr. Nice Guy
Megadeth – Daidems
Megadeth – Crush ‘Em
Megadeth – Gears of War

6
Fear Factory – Full Metal Contact
Type O Negative – Blood and Fire
Entombed – Wolverine Blues
Ozzy Osborne/Therapy – Iron Man

7
Thor – Thunder
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
Amon Amarth – Hermod’s Ride to Hel-Loke’s Treachery Part 1
Amon Amarth – Tock’s Taunt-Loke’s Treachery Part 2

8
Wolf – The Avenger
Possessed – The Exorcist
Nightrage – Omen
Firewind – Maniac

9
Iced Earth – The Hunter
Children of Bodom – Ghostriders in the Sky
Hellrazer – Ghostrider
Xentrix – Ghostbusters

10
The Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein
Gorgeous Frankenstein – Gorgeous Frankenstein
Rob Zombie – Jesus Frankenstein
Rob Zombie – House of 1000 Corpses
White Zombie – Thunder Kiss ’65

11
Lazy – Ultraman Dyna
Animetal – Sailor Moon
Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier

12
Edguy – Superheroes
Voivod – Batman
Faith No More – Zombie Eaters
Austrian Death Machine – You Have Just Been Erased

13
Riggs – Radar Rider
Black Sabbath – The Mob Rules
Exodus – Piranha
Thanatos – Dawn of the Dead

14
Sammy Hagar – The Girl Gets Around (from “Footloose”)
Sammy Hagar – Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Flotsam and Jetsam – Monster
Municipal Waste – Monster with 21 Faces

15
Crashdiet – Sin City
Devin Townsend – Poltergeist
Unseen Terror – Garfield Strikes Again

16
Avantasia – The Scarecrow
Ace Frehley – Outer Space
One Many Army – Knights in Satan’s Service
Edge Of Attack – The Haunting

17
Toxic Holocaust – Wild Dogs
Power Rangers Orchestra – Go Go Power Rangers
Metal Church – Monster
Sepultura – Biotech is Godzilla
Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
Marge Simpson/Moe – Welcome to Moe’s

18
Weird Al Yankovic (featuring Bart and Moe) – Phony Calls (parody of TLC’s “Waterfalls”)

A home away from home, a world away from the world, that is another philosophy of the Rage Cage. In a world we call ‘reality’, where everyone’s more and more segregated by individualism, and those outcasted are further isolated from the rest, pushed farther into the corner. However, one those corners is the Rage Cage , where the excluded, unwanted, unaccepted souls are united as one.

Rage Cage, it’s not just a radio, it’s revolt, a rebellion! Only those in the cagedom know what it’s all about, what we fight for, strive for, and all my caged animals are forever hungry.

After 20 years of raging, the Cage is still a good home for us social misfits, and we’re not about to leave anytime soon. Why? Because this is our life. We must keep feeding to live, and we feast on our battle, and metal is our celebration of victory! But, don’t lose that glare, for the rage is our fuel for the Cage, our soul! Stay mad, my friends, stay mad.

- Nat Kaos

1
Enforcer – Run For Your Life
Huntress – Eight of Swords
Doro – Rock Til Death
Warlock – Hellhound

2
Kobra and the Lotus – Heaven’s Veins
Iron Maiden – Moonchild
Helloween – Victim of Fate
Motorhead – Mean Machine

3
Victimize – Circle the Grave
Gatekrashor – Heavy Metal Rangers
Savatage – Hall of the Mountain King

4
Malicious Intentuition – Eradicate the Evangelist
Thorazine – Cross of Emptiness
Threshold of Pain – Hellbound to War

5
Disciples of Power – Waraphobic Structures pt 1 & 2
Disciples of Power – Return From the Gates
Disciples of Power – Powertrap
Disciples of Power – Nature’s Fury

6
Blackest Sin – Cursed
Orchid’s Curse* – Lie to Live the Lie
Cult Of Luna – The Flow Reversed

7
Smut – Symphony #1
White Zombie – Electric Head pt.1
KISS – Trial By Fire
Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Let Freedom Rock

8
Black Sabbath – Into the Void
Newsted – Soldierhead
Metallica – Rebel of Babylon

9
Thy Gate Beyond – My Brain is Dead, Reactivate It’s Too Late
West of Hell – Water of Sorcery
Havoc – Fatal Intervention
Metal Church – Merciless Onslaught
Netheriel – Divine Atrosity

10
Chosen – Mental Clarity – Resolution
Suffocation – Cycles of Suffering
Immortal – My Dimension
Haiduk – Tremor
Megadeth – Lucretia